what expenses to reduce? Those informed about the eco of September 28

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Minister of the Economy Antoine Armand and his colleague from the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin in Paris on September 22, 2024 (THOMAS PADILLA / MAXPPP)

Fanny Guinochet and Hadrien Bect receive Jezabel Couppey-Soubeyranlecturer at La Sorbonne, and Christian Saint-Etiennemember of the circle of economists, professor of industrial economics at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts.

Since the appointment of the Barnier government, there has again been a lot of talk about tax increases. But on the expenditure side, what budgets could we actually cut? Is this possible when the French are very attached to public services?

For the moment, the government is not very talkative or very precise: it mentions apprenticeship, tax loopholes, the AME (on which there is debate)… Which public policies should be reviewed?


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